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Instructional approaches determine how teachers present content, involve learners and achieve lesson objectives. Coverage includes lecture, discussion, demonstration, questioning, problem-solving, cooperative learning, project and activity methods, along with teacher-centred and learner-centred approaches. Method selection depends on the subject, learners, available resources and intended learning outcome.
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201. For what purposes Pestalozzi established schools at Bergdorf and Yverdon___________________________?
- A. To impart basic education
- B. To enhance literacy rate
- C. To improve awareness
- D. To educate children and prepare teachers
Explanation: Pestalozzi’s institutions at Burgdorf and Yverdon served both children and prospective teachers.
Correct answer: To educate children and prepare teachers- A. Aristotle
- B. J. H. Pestalozzi
- C. Melville Dewey
- D. Plato
Explanation: Pestalozzi introduced the object lesson, in which learners study real objects through observation and the senses before moving to abstract…
Correct answer: J. H. Pestalozzi- A. Rousseau
- B. Friedrich Herbart
- C. Maria Montessori
- D. Pestalozzi
Explanation: Pestalozzi followed Rousseau’s naturalistic outlook and gave strong importance to feelings and emotional development.
Correct answer: Pestalozzi- A. Germany
- B. United States
- C. Indian
- D. Italian
Explanation: Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator. Her nationality is sometimes confused with the country where Montessori schools…
Correct answer: Italian- A. Gifts
- B. Occupations
- C. Colored rods
- D. Clay and mud
Explanation: Montessori’s colored rods give children a concrete way to compare length and associate quantities with number, making them suitable for…
Correct answer: Colored rods- A. Friedrich Herbart
- B. Abraham Lincoln
- C. John Milton
- D. Horace Mann
Explanation: Horace Mann promoted teacher training and helped establish the first state normal school at Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1839.
Correct answer: Horace Mann- A. 12
- B. 11
- C. 13
- D. 14
Explanation: Horace Mann issued twelve annual reports during his service as Massachusetts Secretary of Education, and these reports became influential…
Correct answer: 12- A. Assignment method
- B. Reading and writing
- C. Lecture method
- D. Scientific method
Explanation: Dewey advocated inquiry based on the scientific method: learners identify a problem, form ideas, test them, and draw conclusions.
Correct answer: Scientific method- A. The thid level
- B. The second level
- C. The first level
- D. All of these
Explanation: In the Dalton Plan, the second level uses projects in history and geography to broaden learners’ understanding of time and space.
Correct answer: The second level- A. Teacher
- B. Pupil
- C. Peer
- D. The house advisor
Explanation: The house advisor in the Dalton Plan supervises a small group and provides guidance and personal support, functioning like an extra…
Correct answer: The house advisor- A. German
- B. American
- C. Greece
- D. Ireland
Explanation: Friedrich Froebel was a German educationist who founded the kindergarten and emphasized learning through play and activity.
Correct answer: German- A. German
- B. American
- C. French
- D. Swiss
Explanation: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educationist known for educating the whole child through the head, heart, and hand.
Correct answer: Swiss- A. Pestalozzi
- B. J. J. Rousseau
- C. Maria Montessori
- D. Helen Parkhurst
Explanation: The statement that play is the work of the child is commonly associated with Maria Montessori’s view that children learn through…
Correct answer: Maria Montessori- A. Al-Ghazali
- B. Ibn-e-Khaldun
- C. Maria Montessori
- D. None of these
Explanation: Maria Montessori first worked with children with developmental disabilities and developed materials and methods based on their sensory and…
Correct answer: Maria Montessori- A. Helen Parkhurst
- B. John Dewey
- C. Jacque Darida
- D. Parkhurst
Explanation: John Dewey is associated with learning by doing, in which learners gain understanding through purposeful experience and problem-solving.
Correct answer: John Dewey- A. Helen Parkhurst
- B. Maria Montessori
- C. J. J. Rousseau
- D. Non of these
Explanation: Helen Parkhurst developed the Dalton Plan, which organizes learning through assignments, learner independence, subject laboratories, and…
Correct answer: Helen Parkhurst- A. Children's School
- B. Home school
- C. Lyceum
- D. Normal Schools
Explanation: Besides leading the common-school movement, Horace Mann promoted normal schools to provide professional preparation for teachers.
Correct answer: Normal Schools- A. Teacher centered
- B. Lecture method
- C. Child centered education
- D. Positive education
Explanation: Rousseau placed the child’s nature, interests, and developmental stage at the centre of education, making his position child-centred.
Correct answer: Child centered education- A. 30-40 minutes
- B. 30-45 minutes
- C. 20-30 minutes
- D. 25-45 minutes
Explanation: A Dalton Plan conference is generally described as a substantial individual or small-group consultation lasting about 25 to 45 minutes.
Correct answer: 25-45 minutes- A. Helen Parkhurst
- B. Maria Montessori
- C. Rousseau
- D. Plato
Explanation: Helen Parkhurst introduced the Dalton Plan to develop learner independence through assignments, subject laboratories, and conferences.
Correct answer: Helen Parkhurst